![]() ![]() Was your intent always to combine the story of Jameelah's life with a history of political Islam? But however famous Margaret Marcus/Maryam Jameelah was in the Islamic world, in the West she was a complete unknown. The voice of plucky "Peggy" writing to Herbert and Myra Marcus back home was engrossing. When I stumbled upon her letters, I knew I had discovered something, but I wasn't sure if it was a book. The same year Allen arrived in Bombay, Maryam Jameelah arrived in Lahore, a recent convert to Islam. ![]() Allen Ginsberg's search for enlightenment enabled me to write about the complex relationship between India (where I have lived off and on for years) and America. ![]() The idea for my last book, A Blue Hand, was love at first sight. ![]()
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